Those scheduled to attend the five-day WEF Annual meeting, beginning January 21, include more than 40 heads of state or government, including those from the UK, Australia, Japan, Iran, Israel, Pakistan, Brazil, Italy, Mauritius, Republic of Korea and Switzerland, WEF announced on Wednesday at a press conference in Geneva.
Paris attacks took the centre stage at the G20 Summit on Sunday with Prime Minister Narendra Modi calling for a united global effort to combat terrorism as world leaders joined a clarion call to eliminate ISIS network.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will push for stepping up global cooperation against the key issue of cross border tax avoidance and evasion at the G20 summit
Most top industrialists rate PM's first 100 days in office as 'good', primarily due to his intentions, not concrete policy measures.
Sensex slumped 518 points to end the day at 25,582 and the Nifty slipped 164 points to close at 7,623.
The rout of the Bharatiya Janata Party-led alliance in the crucial assembly polls in Bihar is the "most significant domestic setback" to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, global media commented on Sunday, saying it shows that his vote-winning abilities were on the wane.
The growth of a credible, objective news media business in India requires political will and a belief in free speech.
The BSE IT sector, however, failed to snap a three-day losing streak and closed around 0.14 per cent lower.
The broader markets ended firm with mid-caps and small-caps gaining nearly 0.5 per cent on the BSE.
The second-longest serving chairman introduced quite a few measures for the primary market and implemented a new corporate governance framework.
While dynastic politics may have receded in the Lok Sabha, it is alive and kicking in states
The opposition, while not directly stalling Parliament, will insist all legislation goes to standing committees, delaying implementation.
The decline in the trade has been attributed to factors like drop in gold imports from Australia, decline in coal prices as well as slowing down of the Indian economy.
'Healthcare is so expensive that while it saves lives, it destroys more lives socially and financially.' 'While the poor gets wiped out, a middle-class man goes to a corporate hospital and after the treatment, he ends up below the poverty line.' 'Generally, hospitals would like to have patients who need procedures and operations.' 'They are not so fond of palliative care.' 'How much can be made from one hour of counselling? And how much can be made from one hour of an operation?'
The 30-share Sensex and the 50-share Nifty ended flat at the mark of 29,008 and 8,767 respectively.
The 30-share Sensex dropped 298 points to end at 27,209 and the 50-share Nifty has lost 93 points to end at 8,174.
The retrospective tax decision reversing the January 2012 Supreme Court verdict in the Vodafone case has often been cited as the reason for foreign investors losing confidence in India as an investment destination.
Much will depend on turnout, with younger Britons seen as more supportive of the European Union than their elders but less likely to vote.
Of the nearly 4.6 crore people living as slaves globally, two-thirds, or 3.04 crore, are in the Asia-Pacific region, with the highest number in India.
As football fans arrive to watch Euro 2016, France's trade unions have undertaken a series of strikes to provoke a make-or-break situation. Claude Arpi encounters both Gallic beauty and ugliness in the country of his birth.
Infosys, Tata Motors, ONGC, TCS and GAIL are the top 5 losers.
Sebastian Coe has long been one of the most outspoken critics of doping in athletics yet the newly-elected president of the sport's governing body has remained silent this week in the face of potentially its most damning drugs scandal yet.
Market breadth on the BSE ended firm as 1,908 shares advanced and 1,156 shares declined
The service conditions and judges' remuneration are not alluring .
Russia claimed the IAAF's decision to continue its ban of Russian athletics on Friday was unfair and threatened legal action, while the rest of the world welcomed the move and urged the IOC not to go against it.
Indian banks are the 2nd-fastest-growing ones.
This gains importance in the backdrop of speculation on a second term for Raghuram Rajan.
'I would recommend every young Indian reads Shashi Tharoor's book to get a perspective of our colonial past in the present day mesmerising euphoria of the global village in spite of Donald Trump, says Shivanand Kanavi.
If we don't want a Hindu version of our neighbour, we must keep open minds -- even when what we hear or see is not what we like.
One solution to India's challenges of education, employment, employability lies in state governments adopting apprenticeships on a large scale.
The global economy may just be entering a new phase.
Strategy being reworked to launch ETFs, revive Suuti; proceeds may be Rs 24k crore
No country has achieved a faster, deeper modern transformation than China, says former ambassador Kishan S Rana.
Rahul Gandhi has the potential to grow into a good, effective, leader of the Opposition provided he puts his heart and soul into it, with a willingness to learn, says B S Raghavan, the distinguished civil servant who worked closely with India's first three prime ministers.
The Ficci survey, which covered 276 units, also revealed that those expecting a fall in their production decreased to 16 per cent in the second quarter from 26 per cent in the first quarter.
Markets were left high and dry last week, as the 'Monsoon Effect' played havoc on trader sentiment.
'Overall, the Indian economy is doing well.' 'Our economic fundamentals are strong and the early signs of recovery are sustainable.' 'This is positive for the market in the long run.'
Optimism about a stable govt at the Centre, a demand revival and falling oil prices buoyed the markets.
Organisations are focusing on how they are going to be much more nimble, much more innovative and that is the ticket to success, Mark Goodburn tells Sangeeta Tanwar
What China's market crash means for India
